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No. 319,086. Patented June 2, 1885.

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PETER BORG, OF BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 319,086, dated June 2, 1885.

Application filed June 16, 1884. (No model.)

To @ZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, PETER Fond, of Boston, county of Middlesex, State of Massachusetts, have invented an Improvement in Spring- Catches, of which the following description, in connection with the accompanying drawings, is a specification,`like letters on the drawings representing like parts.

rlhis invention has for its object the production of a novel spring-catch which may be readily adjusted to afford greater or less resistance, and thereby increase or diminish its holding powers; and to this end it consists, primarily, of a spring-plate adapted to be iirinly secured at one end to any suitable object provided with a prot-uberance or engaging projection, a headed pin or screw co-operating with and to limit the movement of the said plate to cause the projection to offer greater or less resistance to a door or other article to be engaged thereby.

My invention further consists in a spring- A plate which at one end is firmly secured to a rigid support provided with a recess, the free end of the said spring projecting into the said recess, and being adjustably held therein by means of a screw `or headed pin, the said spring-plate having an engaging stud or projection to engage a door, lid, or other movable device having a recess to receive the said projection, and provided with a staple or nietallic keeper adapted to retain the projection within the contiguous recess and prevent undue wear of the door at that point.

Figure l shows in front elevation a common falling-top wash-stand or commode to which myinvention is applied. Fig. 2 is a sectional detail thereof, clearly illustrating the manner in which my improved catch is applied; and Fig. 3, a further detail to show the outer sur-face or face of the spring-plate with its projection.

In the present instance my invention is shown as applied to an ordinary commode, A,

having doors a b, a drawer, c, and partition d, dividing the commode into two chambers in the usual manner.

As clearly illustrated in Fig. 2, a recess, e, is out into the under surface of the partition d, near its front edge and middle, the said partition being provided with a spring-plate, g, rigidly secured to the partition at g', and provided with a downward or outwardV-shaped projection or lip, h, which in this instance is formed by bending the spring-plate in the manner shown. The free end of the springplate rests opposite the recess c, and is adjustably held therein by means of a screw or headed pin, i, engaging the slotted portion of the plate, and entering the partition,as clearly shown. The normal tendency of the springplate is to throw itself downward or outward with relation to the said recess, and by adjusting the screw or headed pin the free end of the spring-plate may be more or less drawn up or into the said recess e, to lessen the movement of the projection h when the latter is struck and engaged by the staple or keeper k, secured in the top of the door b, next the recess m, which latter receives the projection h after it has passed over the keeper lc, as clearly shown in Fig. 2. The slot in the movable end of the spring-plate provides for free movement of said plate, whatever its adjustment, and the staple 7c, besides acting as a keeper, serves to prevent rapid orlundue wear of the door at that point. It will be apparent that within certain limits the spring catch or plate may be quickly and easily adjusted .to provide greater or less resistance in the spring-plate when operated or moved by closing or opening the door b. Any shrinkage -of the door or partition, resulting in a loose joint between the parts, may be readily compensated for, as well as any wear of said parts.

It will be understood that the fastening g may, if desired, be screwed to the top of a door and the recess be made in the drawer.

I claiml. A spring-catch consisting, essentially, of a spring-plate, g, having a projection or lip, and provided at one end with means for its attachment, and the said plate having a slot to engage a headed pin, stud, or screw,whereby the movement of the free end of the said plate may be regulated and its projection be made to offer greater or less resistance, substantially as set forth.

2.Y A support having a recess and provided In testimony whereof I have signed my naine with a spring-plate secured at one end thereto this specification in the presence of two sub- Io to, said spring-plate having` a stud or projeesoribing witnesses. tion and a slotted free end held in the recess 5 by means of a headed pin, as specified, coinbined with a door, lid7 or other movable ob- Vitnesses:

' ject having a recess and keeper, substantialy G. V. GREGORY,

as specified B. J.- NoYEs.

PETER FORG. 

